Our world in photos: August 30

August 30, 2024
Brooklyn Eagle Staff

ISTANBUL — Striking symmetry in solemn commemoration: Women perform during an event for Victory Day in Istanbul, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Friday’s events commemorate the 102nd anniversary of Victory Day, marking the end of a battle with Greek forces in western Anatolia. The conflict was part of the Turkish War of Independence led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic. Afyonkarahisar, one of the historic battlegrounds of the Turkish War of Independence, has been part of a week-long series of events in honor of this momentous occasion.

The celebrations included a momentous display by the Turkish Air Force’s aerobatic team, the Turkish Stars. Another acrobatic flight will be performed over the skies of Istanbul.

SAVANNAH — The face of future activism: People listen as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Savannah, Ga., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Harris and her vice presidential running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, gave the first joint interview of their campaign on Thursday night with CNN’s Dana Bash. During the interview, Harris defended her shift toward the center on issues such as fracking and the handling of illegal border crossings. Although Harris had previously said she supported a ban on the controversial energy-extraction procedure called hydrofracking, she reversed her position. Swing states like Pennsylvania, which she hopes to win, depend on hydrofracking.

Upstate New York’s Southern Tier, which borders Pennsylvania, banned high-volume hydrofracking more than a decade ago.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris talks as she makes a stop at a volunteer appreciation event at The Gray in downtown Savannah, Ga., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris looks at an employees shoes during a stop at Dottie's Market in Savannah, Ga., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

SAVANNAH — ‘I represent ALL of America, so I’m reaching to the right, too!’: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Savannah, Georgia, on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, during which she focused on working across the political spectrum to solve problems.

Harris has another Labor Day rally in Detroit with President Biden.

ICELAND — For those who thought they wanted to visit Middle Earth, this is what it really looks like: A close-up view of the lava fountains spewing from the active craters on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in Iceland, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. The highest fountain is around 70-80 meters high. The peninsula sits on the southwestern edge of Iceland.

Geologically, Iceland sits astride the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The North American tectonic plate encompasses most of North America, Cuba, the Bahamas, extreme northeastern Asia, the Azores, and the western part of Iceland.

HOUSTON — Hot potato — this is why batters slam the ball as hard as they can: Houston Astros third baseman Shay Whitcomb, right, bobbles a base hit by Kansas City Royals’ Maikel Garcia during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Houston. Three Royals runners scored at the top of the seventh inning on Kyle Isbel’s double. The Astros, in the bottom of the eighth inning, had four men score. Both teams had errors charged to them (throwing for the Royals and fielding for the Astros).

The Astros are now first in the American League West; the Royals rank second in the American League Central.

Mexico's Juan Diego Garcia Lopez, right, competes with Papua New Guinea's Herea Loi in a men's K44 under 70kg Taekwondo round of 16 match, at the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Thibault Camus/AP

Paralympic athlete Zia Zhou, of China, wins the Women's 100m -T35 final, at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Brazil's Ricardo Gomes de Mendonca leads the men's 100m T37 race at the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

PARIS — Without sight, guided by instincts and relentless training: Paralympic athlete Arjola Dedaj, of Italy, competes at Women’s Long Jump -T11, in the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. The 42-year-old native of Albania (across the Adriatic Sea from Italy) was presented in December 2017 with the Collare d’Oro, which is the highest honor from the Italian National Olympic Committee.

Dedaj won gold at the 2014 Italian Para Dance Sport Championships in Rimini, Italy. Also a keen baseball player, she won six Italian national titles in this sport, playing for club side Thunder 5 in Milan, Italy.

Paralympic athlete Manuela Schaer, of Switzerland, right, competes at Women’s 5000m - T54 round 1, at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Belgium's Maxime Carabin leads the men's 400m T52 race at the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Denmark' Sebastian Frederiksen, left, makes contact with Britain' Nick Cummins during the preliminary round wheelchair rugby match between United Kingdom and Denmark, at the Paralympic Games in Paris, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Photo: Avni Trivedi/AP

PARIS — Dramatic, head-on view of the unconquerable human spirit: Paralympic athlete Fabian Blum, of Switzerland, competes at Men’s 400m – T52 round 1, at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. Prior to an injury, he competed in artistic gymnastics at the national level.

An electrician by trade, the 29-year-old Blum also enjoys fishing in his spare time.

Revellers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Photo: Alberto Saiz/AP

Revelers lie in a pool of squashed tomatoes during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Photo: Alberto Saiz/AP

SPAIN — You’ve heard of red sauce restaurants — well, this is a red sauce town: Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Held on the last Wednesday of August each year, the fight is a chance to dispose of those over-ripe tomatoes. The acid from the tomatoes also cleans the ground, albeit with help from fire trucks. The participants are left to clean up on their own. The Tomatina’s origins were quite by chance and date back to 1945 when someone accidentally fell into a parade, knocking everything over. The angry townspeople retaliated by throwing tomatoes.

The tradition became so popular that Spain’s leader, Francisco Franco, actually banned it during the 1950s because the custom bore “no religious significance.” That did not stop the tomato-hurlers.

PARIS — Dealing with a fundamental human quest — getting to the ball: Israel’s Adam Berdichevsky returns the ball to Italy’s Luca Arca during their 2024 Paralympics men’s wheelchair singles tennis tournament first round match at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris, France, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024.

WISCONSIN — Unique to our time — untrammeled, uncountable recordings of history being made: Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump greets supporters at a town hall with former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in La Crosse, Wis. However, a group of officials and staffers from four past Republican administrations this week endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris for President, warning Americans that a second term for GOP nominee Donald Trump is “simply untenable” and “will hurt real, everyday people.”

The group included staffers for former President George H.W. Bush and his son, former President George W. Bush, the late Arizona Sen. John McCain and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, who have called on their fellow “moderate Republicans and conservative independents” to join them in supporting the Harris/Walz ticket.